Ed Auler said, “Well, the long and short of it was that while in France we spent three days on French cattle ranches and three weeks at some marvelous French châteaux, and during the tour both Susan and I fell in love with wine. […]
In the wild, grapes can hang on the vine between June and October, and in some cases, can remain on the vine into winter. They are moisture and sugar laden and an energy-rich food. Native grapes like European varieties can be consumed by wildlife & humans. Their juice provides a refreshing drink, pleasing jellies and jams, and can also be fermented to make wine. The taste of native grapes varies from what you might expect from European wine grapes, but their role in viticulture is important especially today in Texas. […]
The next Specialist of Texas Wine class from Doc Russ – Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School in Houston, Texas, on April 27, May 4, May 11 (with the exam on May 12) gives […]
The photos above are T.V. Munson the younger and the older. It can be said that if Texas ever had a Renaissance Man in its population, it was most likely Thomas Volney (T.V.) Munson (September […]
The problem with the restart to commercial wineries in Texas in the mid-1970s was the lack of wine-knowledgeablepeople here in Texas to accurately report on it. David Frink, staff writer for the Austin American-Statesman was […]